Drive, She Said - Forty-Second Street lyrics

Earth, water, wind and fire All the elements of your desire But the truth will make you out a liar As you run between your horror and the shame Transform you from the eagle to the snake Parade the dancing lights before you Tempt the ground beneath your feet Heal the air that's come to taunt you Paradise that made you weak Finding words too hard to speak Turn the corner, can't you see Here we are, it's 42nd Street Here we are, it's 42nd Street This is not the way it has to be But here we are, here we are, yeah Form the sands into your rosary Count the tears before they dry His arrival is not hard to see A carnival of appetites Let the circus that's surrounding you Forge your crystal into light Has he come just to hang out with you Or is this fantasy your life Will he steal your flesh and blood Call it s** or call it love Honesty was not enough Here you are at 42nd Street Here we are, it's 42nd Street This is not how it's supposed to be Here we are, here we are Accused of slapping you But the heat, it ain't so rough, no We consented to do Donahue But the crime had shed no blood, no blood 'Not dysfunctional enough' Said the eagle to the dove Children disappearing from the scene TV cameras and the magazines Pander to our darkest curiosities As criminals collect their royalties Never try to lift us up, hey, hey, yeah Wanna sell us one more beer or truck To drive ourselves right out of luck And here we are, it's 42nd Street Here we are, it's 42nd Street Hide from our vulnerability Here we are, here we are Through the mist I see the mystery Hear the crowd inside my mind Voices rise into a symphony As they clamor for my sympathy I tried to introduce them all to me Some are just content to hide Others rally by my side All the voices come alive They're singin' Here we are on 42nd Street Here we are, it's 42nd Street Take us far away from Germany Here we are, here we are Feel the winds of mediocrity Does the water make you weep Cast your fate into the firelight Heal the earth beneath your feet All the elements of your design They are changing before your eyes And the truth is making you a liar Send the smoke into the sky One more time before we die Turn the corner, got to try Yeah, got to try 'Cause, here we are on 42nd Street Here we are, it's forty deuce Doesn't matter how it used to be 'Cause, here we are, here we are Here we are on 42nd Street Here we are, it's 42nd Street This is not the way it has to be But here we are, here we are